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The Battle for Bitche Map
1945
Date:
March 15, 1945
Subject:
World War II
The division resumed attacking on 15 March 1945, and Bitche fell on 16 March. After taking Neustadt and Ludwigshafen, they crossed the Rhine on 31 March, followed the 10th Armored Division south, and then east across the Neckar where they established and enlarged a bridgehead. The division took Heilbronn on 12 April, and then continued south, reaching Stuttgart by 21 April.